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Economic Definition of increasing opportunity cost. Defined.

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Term increasing opportunity cost Definition: The proposition that opportunity cost, the value of foregone production, increases as more of a good is produced. This 'law' is most important to the slope of the production possibilities curve. It generates the convex shape of the curve, making the curve flat at the top and steep at the bottom.

 

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